Karl A. Krueger wrote
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On Wikipedia, "self-censorship" could reasonably include choosing not to speak frankly because one fears "social sanction" such as having one's work deleted; as well as "retaliation" in the form of flaming or hostile criticism, others' withdrawal of cooperation or support, or simply unpleasant association of an editor's name with a particular icky subject or controversy.
Well, if you try hard enough you might define 'self-censorship' by the old phrase 'man is a social animal'. I doubt that proves anything, in general. And from the WP point of view, getting newbies and not-very-reconstructed edit warriors to see themselves as 'social animals' is half the battle.
Charles